Patents by Inventor Winston L. Nelson

Winston L. Nelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for handwriting decompression using estimated timing information
    Patent number: 5623555
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image from a compressed image. An exemplary method in accordance with the present invention includes the steps of identifying pairs of compressed image data points having a connection therebetween in a linear segment approximation of the reconstructed image; estimating timing information such as a number of original image data points between each of the connected pairs of compressed image data points; and fitting a spline segment to each of the pairs of compressed image data points and the estimated number of original image data points corresponding thereto, such that the fitted spline segments in combination form the reconstructed image. The reconstructed image may then be smoothed by replacing spline segments which produce undesirable deviations in the reconstructed image with conic section spline segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Winston L. Nelson, William Turin